import
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- noun
- /ˈɪmpɔrt/
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- There was a significant drop-off in imports from Kuwait to Egypt from 1978 to 1982.
- imports and exports
- tariffs on imports
- restrictions on imports
Half of the UK's trade, both imports and exports, is with the European Union.
- Half of the UK's trade, both imports and exports, is with the European Union.
- That's before any import tariffs or restrictions are included.
- Including trade barriers and an exchange rate that discouraged imports and promoted exports.
- That is the key here is the Chinese import of Iran's oil.
- And so with the war going on, imports of German products ceased, Needless to say.
- The tariff is a tax on imports.
- That shall make no law which which will impose a tax on imports or will subsidized exports.
- We, we, we, we rely so heavily on imports.
- And I said it then, that's before shipping and tax and duties and imports.
- I think it's quite interesting that I did a lot of work with heroin imports.
- Those are the biggest sources of inputs imports into the United States.
- That's the way the Economist deals with the fact that sometimes imports are hard for people.
- Is there a relatively new phenomenon AUS import, like some of the things in the store?
Examples
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The country relies heavily on imports for its energy needs, particularly oil and gas.
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At the same time, today we buy 63% of coal imports from Russia.
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That would be in the apple import business.
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This is mostly driven by increasing imports from Japan.
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Now he owns the biggest import-export business in the state.
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Half of the UK's trade, both imports and exports, is with the European Union.
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Unfortunately, Trump put tariffs on Chinese imports of solar panels.
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Saudi Arabia managed to avoid dependence on the import of agricultural products such as wheat since the 1980s.
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Many farmers depend on imports of fruits and vegetables that cannot be grown locally.
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The new legislation aims to regulate the quality of imports to ensure consumer safety.
Synonyms
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Bringing goods or services from another country to sell
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Material or part brought from another country to make things
A person brought into a country from another country to work
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A bank promise to pay a foreign seller for goods a company buys from another country
Surface Forms
Etymology
Import comes from the Latin parts in- ('into') and portare ('to carry'), so it originally meant 'to carry in'. Picture ships at a port bringing boxes from other countries; an import is something 'brought into' a country.